George said that there were video and pictorial documentations of the alleged vandalization of cars and properties worth several millions of naira by thugs under the supervision of Adeyanju.

According to him, “It is an open secret that N1.3bn was approved and released for the 2018 budget of the assembly. The former speaker and deputy speaker jointly expended over a billion in the first quarter of 2018 without approval.

“This is the height of corruption. We cannot condone it. It is unacceptable to the people of Ondo whom we are representing and that’s why we chose the path of honour to partner with Buhari to flush corruption out of Ondo,”he added.

Abimbola, the new deputy speaker, corroborated George’s claims and called on Inspector General of Police to immediately redeploy the commissioner of police from the state, accusing him of bias.

He said that they are not safe with Adeyanju remaining the state commissioner of police.

Abimbola said that the impeachment was carried out in line with constitutional provision which stipulated that such exercise could only be carried out by two-third of the members.

He stated that 18 out of the 26 lawmakers, which represented two-thirds carried out the impeachment, saying he has the 18 names and signatures of members who impeached them.

“The impeachment was in order. We have removed the inefficient speaker and deputy speaker from office and this act is completely irreversible,” he said.

A former speaker of the assembly, Olajumoke Akindele who was allegedly assaulted in the mayhem unleashed at the assembly, called on the president and his wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari to protect women in politics from molestation, intimidation and harassment which was meted to her on Friday.

“My family members, my colleagues and my dear life is no longer safe. I have been marked for assassination for standing against corruption,” she said.

The trio equally appealed to Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu to allow the legislative arm of government to function independently without interference.